Trading Standards Wales News

Aberystwyth Justice Centre sentences two for severe animal welfare violations

On 6th November at Aberystwyth Justice Centre, Ms. Rosie Crees and Mr. John Morgan were sentenced for 8 offences each under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

19
Nov
2024

Sentence for Ceredigion resident for producing and selling counterfeit DVD’s

David Thomas, from Sarnau, Ceredigion, has been sentenced to twenty months in prison suspended for eighteen months after pleading guilty to charges under the Trade Marks Act 1994 of producing and selling counterfeit DVD’s.

8
Nov
2024

Shopkeeper sentenced for selling illegal goods

A Caerphilly borough shopkeeper has been sentenced for the sale of counterfeit cigarettes, tobacco and vapes.

1
Nov
2024

Multi-agency Operation Uses Facebook advert in Battle Against Unlicensed Waste Carriers

Neath Port Talbot Council Waste Enforcement, Licensing and Trading Standards Officers have been involved in a multi-agency operation to expose unlicensed waste carriers who are often behind fly-tipping and waste-arson offences.

25
Oct
2024

Blackwood Woman Guilty of Unlicensed Dog Breeding and Animal Welfare Offences

Tammy Ann Hart pleaded was sentenced at Merthyr Crown Court for failing to indicate in adverts that puppies were being advertised by a dog breeder

1
Oct
2024

Cyngor Gwynedd successfully prosecutes business for selling and supplying illicit tobacco and e-cigarettes

A Gwynedd business has been ordered to pay nearly £13,000 of fines and costs for the sale and supply of illicit tobacco and e-cigarettes, in a successful case brought by Cyngor Gwynedd.

20
Aug
2024

Professional conman who targeted vulnerable residents jailed

A ‘professional conman’ who defrauded his vulnerable victims out of more than £500,000 has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.